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Riding in the jump seats of a Brat is LEGAL in all 50 states. The Brat is grandfathered because it was originally sold that way. Since they are original factory equipment, and since there are seatbelts for them, no one can say ****. They could probably ticket you if you put a small child back there, but other than that, there's nothing they can say. They *might* give you a ticket out of complete ignorance, but with the proper paperwork, you could get the charge dropped easily - you just have to show that they are original equipment for the car. The seats were installed so Subaru could import the vehicle as a car, not a truck, thus saving big bucks in import taxes (3% for a car, 28% for a truck). Therefore, since the feds mandated that the Brat is NOT a truck - VA law does not hold sway in this case. GD

But what about the God of Computational Geometry? My newly lifted wagon will participate at the next one if I can get there. And if I have the money - some tires will be on it maybe! Other wise I'll be running lifted, with 175/70/R13's :boohoo: I too pray (to the God of Computational Geometry) for hella large quantities of rain. GD

I think the difference we see in heaters is probably because most of the heaters here on the west coast are in near-new condition (we don't seem to have as much problem with radiators or heater cores as the rest of the country), and also due to our higher temp winters. Qman's right - our heaters up here are way too powerful. Your heaters cores could be clogged, and you also have a much colder winter. Even in the winter I have to keep my control in the middle, and the fan only up two notches. GD

If you are getting a clutch kit anyway - do the XT6 clutch swap. Someone on here can tell you what you need for that.... GD

Zip ties?!? You are crazy, and I won't send flowers to your funeral. They will not hold, and more than that, you will never get the spring compressed with them - which means you will NEVER get the spring back on again. It's not just a matter of keeping the spring at it's current compression, it's a matter of compressing it MORE than it is compressed (a whole lot more) so you can get the damn nut on the top. I've done it, and let me tell you it was a pain in the arse and the set of cheap spring compressors I bought will never be used again - there was so much force that it all but stripped the bolts out on them, and I wouldn't feel safe about using them again. Even tho they worked, my arm was tired for several days after, and they almost slipped off a couple times. Let me tell you, I was actually scared of them. Those strut springs on the subaru's are REALLY strong, and are easily compressed 50% or their actual size when installed, and need to be compressed about 75% to remove and install them. Don't be stupid - use the right tool for this job - PLEASE! GD

I'm going for 15" chevy drilled rims. No point in doing the 14's, as all the tire makers are phasing out their 14 mud terrains. GD

They may have made them at one time - hard to tell. But since Brat's are so rare now, good luck finding one. GD

Might check your O2 sensor as well - that's been known to screw up an otherwise good system. I had mine go (84 feedback carb), and the engine wouldn't run. Disconnected it, and it came back to life. The temp sensor on the same car was also bad, but didn't cause it to stop running. Also - can you read the codes from your ECU? Should be a little flashing light on it..... mine gave me codes for both the O2 and Temp sensor - led me straight to the problem. Very informative, and easier than hunting down the sensor by testing everything. GD

There are some actually - and I wouldn't mind getting one. There are some mean Justy's out there - producing upwards of 120 HP out of that little 3 cylinder. Power to weight ratio is sickening. GD

Yeah - know about the swampers - just too expensive. The coopers are a possibility tho. GD

I'm going to run them (or it sounds like maybe something else like them) on chevy rims, drilled to 4 lug. At $25 each for the rims brand new, they are a lot cheaper than pugs, and wider too. They also have a nice looking offset that makes them stick out about three inches past your fenders. GD

These are only $67 each from tirerack, and they have good reviews. I'm not looking for the *best* tire - just the best for my limited budget. They come in a 27, and they look decent I think. Anyone have anything to say? http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=Venture+MT GD

The really hilarious part is that they get you to remove your stock air filter, and replace with a K&N style - which acounts for the increase in throttle response that makes people *think* it must be working. I'm sure they are making a pretty hefty profit on that little platic tube with a 12v PC fan stuck in it. About once a month somoene posts about these. I sure wish people would stop looking for a free lunch.... or maybe do a little searching through old posts or something. If an electric blower could do any good, car makers would have used them long ago as a cheap "turbo" like device, given it some fancy name, and jacked the price of the car up 2 or 3 thousand..... Just one more drain on your car's already overloaded electrical system. You would get more from just the K&N filter by itself, cause you wouldn't have that silly fan motor, and blades restricting your intake path. GD

Your EA82 makes approximately 90 HP. Find a 90 HP electric motor, and find an alternator to run it, and sure - anything is possible. Unfortunately, you will lose more than you gain this way - the transfer of mechanical energy to electric energy is a loss, electric motors are niether small enough, nor powerful enough to make this idea a reality. If they were - we would all be doing 90 HP electric motor conversions, and thowing away our EA82's. No timing belts, and 1 moving part! Would be great except you can't carry enough batteries to do you any good, and the 90 HP electric motor would likely way more than several EA82's. Copper windings are REALLY heavy. These are a gimmick, and a pretty silly one at that. GD

Yes - but if you look at the year column for both those parts, it says "85-87" and "85-89". I'm betting both of those are EA82 tanks. Won't work for his application. GD

Hey clint - maybe you should become our parts whore in Aus? Think you could get people over here small stuff? Like maybe one of those bed covers? Can't be much to ship a little rubber..... are they availible readily over there? GD

Yeah - or find a Junk yard that doesn't punch holes in them. Don't know where your from, but some yards do, and others don't. A new tank is over $300. Get yours welded, or get a used one. GD

Your real problem with the suspension is the width of the car - you will have to do a lot of work to get the front camber correct with any of the newer suspensions. The car is narrow, and the strut towers are too close together. Yeah - with a LOT of work and a LOT of money, just about any engine can double it's rated HP output but even at 140, that's not really enough to race. You should think about putting a 2.2 legacy engine in there. They are narrower than an EA82 - not much bigger than an EA81 really. They make 140 HP, and there's lots more mods commonly availible for that engine. You could easily get 200 out of a 2.2 - with turbo's and some work - 300 HP is possible. GD

That's insanely expensive - go to the yard, and pull one yourself. Better yet - go to some other yard and pull one. U-Pull-It is hella expensive - even when you pull parts. Find some other yard that will wheel and deal - get one for $50 or less. GD

Yeah - Zippers - cool huh? But these are MUCH bigger boots. Like the large end of one is about 10" in diameter.... we gots some big boots man. And you think 36mm is some big nuts huh? We got axles nuts on our trucks that are 5.5" and some that are 6" !! (Deez some REALLY BIG nutz!) GD

It's not likely that it's completely different, but if your working on an Impreza, try asking around in the NEWER gen forum. This post was about an '81 model - and I'm sure subaru has changed their design at least a little (probably a LOT) in 14 years!! This post is in the OLDER gen forum for a reason - it's about older gen cars - ie - not impreza's. Also - the author (Ed), may or may not know anything at all about impreza's (I don't know), but if he were willing to share that info, I'm sure he would be looking to do it over in the new gen area..... Oh - and by the way - it's an Axle, not an Axel. GD

It's not likely that it's completely different, but if your working on an Impreza, try asking around in the NEWER gen forum. This post was about an '81 model - and I'm sure subaru has changed their design at least a little (probably a LOT) in 14 years!! This post is in the OLDER gen forum for a reason - it's about older gen cars - ie - not impreza's. Also - the author (Ed), may or may not know anything at all about impreza's (I don't know), but if he were willing to share that info, I'm sure he would be looking to do it over in the new gen area..... Oh - and by the way - it's an Axle, not an Axel. GD

the EA81 carbs were not all carter / weber's - most were in fact hitachi's similar to the EA82 version - not sure if there was any difference in the primary / secondary bore sizes, but there was a feedback version, and a non-feedback version. The EA82 only got the feedback type I think. Anyway - if your going to all that trouble, you might as well drop in the SPFI from an EA82 instead. You just have to make slight mods to the EA82 disty, and grab the ECU and wire it all up. GD

What I'm saying is that you CAN put an EA81 in your car - as they did come stock that way from the factory. There is some combination of parts that will allow you to do this swap - have a look at a factory parts book maybe. GD

Depends on how many times you have done it But I would imagine that even someone who has never done it, with moderate mechanical ability could do it in an afternoon. Carb swap would take a few hours probably. GD